TwitChat, a new application for iOS devices allows Twitter users to make instant and long conversations than just letting them post tweets. Currently, the only possible way to communicate privately on twitter is via the Direct Message (DM) feature, which unfortunately is limited to 140 characters per tweet thus preventing users from having easy and effective conversations. With TwitChat for Twitter, iPhone users can now easily Chat privately and instantly with their twitter followers and friends, just as they do in any IM client like gtalk or Yahoo Messenger!

TwitChat is a 3rd party instant messaging app, Free for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It’s a fun and easy way to interact with your Twitter followers privately, or have group conversations with your friends! To start a conversation, simply login with your Twitter account to instantly view all your Twitter friends and connect privately. Moreover, you can View profiles, Compose Tweets, Mention friends, Block users. etc.

Major Features include:

• Automatic Friends List
• Private Instant Messaging
• Group Chat
• Public Hashtag Chat
• Send Files, Audio, Video
• Login using your Twitter Credentials
• Manage alert and sound settings

The chat feature is certainly a prominent one that Twitter should integrate to their web interface and mobile app, so users can have spontaneous conversations. The TwitChat team is working hard to add new features and support for other platforms.

Download TwitChat for iPhone [App Store]

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Google+ has evolved a lot in a short time but apparently it is far behind the popularity and user base as that of Facebook and Twitter. Google+ recently introduced the much awaited ‘Pages’ for brands and businesses, so that anyone can connect virtually with their favorite brands or companies. The official Gmail page on Google Plus recently made a post notifying users about the unknown Chat emoticons in Google+ chat.

There are over 15 funny emoticons that you can use while chatting to smartly express your humour, joy, love or angriness. The best and cool one is the emoticon of the very popular Nyan Cat, pinned with a cute animation. Some of the emoticons like Nyan cat, moustache, cat and bumblebee will show up perfectly in Google+ chat box only, while the rest ones appear fine in Gmail chat. Check the list below:

~=[,,_,,]:3 (Nyan Cat)

:{ (mustache)

:3 (cat)
:) (pig)
|) (monkey)
V.v.V (crab)
-<@%(bumblebee)
+/’\ (cowbell)
[:|] (robot)
}:-) (devil)
\m/ (rock out)
<3 (heart)
</3 (broken heart)
>.< (wince)
or :* (kiss)

Do tell what’s your favorite chat emoticon or share any creative ones below.

Source: +Gmail (Google+)

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Now that Facebook has became an influential part of our lives, most people specially those so called FB addicts cant keep themselves away from facebook and are usually found chatting with their real life or online friends. If you’re someone who frequently chats a lot on Facebook and don’t wants to get distracted by other stuff and updates happening on FB while you’re busy in a chat conversation, then here is a nice tool that overcomes this problem.

fTalk is a free Facebook messenger application for Windows that lets you chat with all your friends on facebook right from your desktop! The app has a simple and cool interface, that makes it easier and faster to access facebook chat. Now you can chat directly from your desktop without the need to open facebook in a browser.

Key Features –

• Free, fast and easy to use
• Update your FB status right from the app
• Notifies when friends come online
• Lists both Online and Offline friends separately
• Cool emoticons

To get started, just download fTalk for Windows and install it. Then login with your Facebook logins and grant permission to the app when requested. That’s it.

Download fTalk Free

Also See: Chit Chat for Facebook – Facebook Desktop Chat Client

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Skype, the most popular service that allows free voice calling and video chat over the Internet has finally released its official app for Apple iPad running iOS 4.0 or later. The app is built especially for the iPad that works over both Wi-Fi and 3G connections. Now you can call, video call, or instant message anyone on Skype directly from your iPad.

Bring your Skype contacts closer with full screen video at your fingertips.

Beautiful and simple, this is Skype built especially for the iPad. Call, video call, or instant message anyone on Skype. Plus, if you add a little Skype Credit, call landlines and mobiles at really low rates.

Simple to use:

• Join Skype on your iPad in a few moments or just sign straight in to your account.
• If you already have a Skype account, your Skype contacts will automatically be there on your iPad.
• We’ve made adding new Skype contacts really easy.
• Once they’re in your Contact list, call, video or instant message them in one touch.
• Flick through recent calls and instant messages in your Skype for iPad history.
• Skype for iPad works over Wi-Fi or 3G (operator data charges may apply). Call Skype contacts on their iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, PC, Mac and even Skype enabled TVs.

Access free Skype features:

• Talk face-to-face or show what you’re seeing with front and back-facing cameras.
• Use Skype for iPad to call anyone else on Skype – and enjoy near CD quality (SILK) sound.
• Instant message and add emoticons to personalize your messages.

System requirements:

• Skype video calling requires iOS 4.0 or above.
• Send and receive video using front or back camera on iPhone 4, iPad 2nd Generation, and iPod touch 4th Generation.
• Send and receive video using rear camera on iPhone 3GS.
• Receive video only on iPad 1st Generation and iPod touch 3rd Generation.
• Works with any H264 compatible devices, including TVs.

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Google+ has been introduced as a game changer for popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter. In just few days, a lot of people specially techies have joined Google+ and the experience is simply awesome. Yes, it’s pretty addictive and interesting too because I’ve never seen such prompt and ongoing interaction before between the members in a circle and unknown people too.

We recently shared 20 Google+ Tips that surely powers user experience on Google Plus. Now, here is another useful tip about which most don’t know “Chatting with Friends in your circle on Google+”. Of course, you can chat with people included in your Gmail contacts but furthermore, Google+ allows you to chat with people added to your Circle.

To enable this feature, just hover your mouse cursor over Chat option in Google+ and click on the grey drop-down arrow. Select ‘Circles’ and then Choose the circles you want to chat with. You can select several Circles namely: Acquaintances, Family, Friends and Following. It’s better to add circles with people whom you know like family and friends.

Note: Chatting would be possible only when People (whom you have added for Chat) have also enabled the Chat feature. You will then be able to chat when they’re online and available for Chat.

Only enable chat for people who you trust because:

When you appear in someone’s chat list in Google+, it’s possible that person could discover your email address. While your email address won’t be displayed in the chat list in Google+, it is displayed in the chat lists of other Google products (Gmail and iGoogle, for instance).

Hope you found this tip handy, do share it with your friends on Google+.

Update – The feature to Chat with people in your circles was removed back in July but Google has now added it back. You can now chat with anyone in your circles who also have you in their circles. You can also choose Custom circles who can chat with you. Any new circles created by you are allowed to chat with you by default.

If you prefer NOT to chat with anyone in your circles on Google+, then just go to Chat settings (select Privacy settings from drop-down menu), select Custom and uncheck all the circles to hide Google+ users from appearing in your Chat list.Related Posts:

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After staying for more than 7 months in Beta stage, Yahoo Messenger 11 Final build (ver. 11.0.0.2009) has now been officially released for Windows. The latest version includes many bug fixes and aims to improve the general stability of the product.

A sneak peek of what you can expect in Messenger 11:

Invite your friend to play a game – In addition to instant messages, text messages, voice and video calls, you can now play popular social games such as Mafia Wars and Fishville right within Yahoo! Messenger.

Keep up with friends wherever they are – View, comment on and like updates from Yahoo! Pulse, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, and more, all from right within Yahoo! Messenger.

Post one status to multiple social networks – Share your Messenger status simultaneously on Yahoo! Pulse, Facebook, and Twitter.

Chat with Facebook friends – In addition to your friends on Windows Live, you can now IM your Facebook friends. Continue your conversations on the go using Mobile Web Messenger, SMS Messenger or Yahoo! Messenger App for Android.

Always be available – Stay signed in to multiple PCs simultaneously so you never have to miss a message.

Easy access to recent conversations – Retrieve all your IM conversations from any PC where you have signed in to Yahoo! Messenger.

Personalize your experience with fresh new skins – Express yourself and show off your personality with one of the 7 newly added messenger skins.

The New Yahoo! Messenger 11 can be downloaded from http://messenger.yahoo.com/ which is of course an online installer. A standalone offline installer of same is also available that you can easily install on multiple systems, get it below.

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Disable Audio/Sound in Gmail Chat – Sometimes you may not want to disclose that you’re chatting online or Assume you’re listening some really good music and at the same time chatting with your friends on Google Gmail. You might get pretty irritated after hearing those ping sounds frequently which spoils all the music flavour.

However, there is a very simple way to get rid of this annoyance. Gmail offers an inbuilt feature which allows users to disable audio while chatting. Doing this will stop all the sound when you receive any chat messages. You can revert back anytime later.

Turning off the Gmail Chat audio – Go to Gmail, open ‘Options’ by clicking on the small tools icon located at the top right corner. Click on Mail Settings > open the Chat tab, select the ‘Sounds off’ radio button for Sounds. Now click on Save Changes.

Hope you found this tip easy and useful.

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You might want to temporarily appear offline in Facebook to keep away from chat messages and unnecessary pings. Like Gmail and Yahoo, you can easily appear Invisible on Facebook chat and continue browsing Facebook without any disturbance.

To Appear Offline on Facebook, just open the ‘Chat’ box and click on the Options button. Now select the ‘Go Offline’ option to appear as invisible on facebook. The new chat notification sound feels noisy but you can turn it off too, by unchecking the option named ‘Play sound for new messages’.

Just click on the Chat window anytime to appear back online on Facebook.

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